ANCW: Affective norms for 4030 Chinese words

Affective information contained in words is gaining increased attention among neurolinguists and psycholinguists around the world. This study established the Affective Norms for Chinese Words (ANCW) with valence, arousal, dominance, and concreteness ratings for 4030 words that were Chinese adaptatio...

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Published inBehavior research methods Vol. 56; no. 5; pp. 4893 - 4908
Main Authors Ying, Lv, Ruyang, Ye, Chuanbin, Ni, Yeqing, Wang, Qing, Liu, Yufan, Zhou, Fei, Gao
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.08.2024
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Affect - physiology
Arousal
Asian People - psychology
Behavioral Science and Psychology
China
Cognitive Psychology
Correlation analysis
Dominance
Emotional behavior
Emotions
Female
Humans
Information processing
Language
Male
Original Manuscript
Psycholinguistics - methods
Psychology
Reproducibility of Results
Vocabulary
Young Adult
China
Affective norms
Concreteness
ANCW
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Summary:Affective information contained in words is gaining increased attention among neurolinguists and psycholinguists around the world. This study established the Affective Norms for Chinese Words (ANCW) with valence, arousal, dominance, and concreteness ratings for 4030 words that were Chinese adaptations of the CET-4 (The National College English Test Band 4) official syllabus. Despite the existing Chinese affective norms such as the Chinese Affective Words System (CAWS), the ANCW provides much more and richer Chinese vocabulary. By using 7-point (ranging from 1 to 7) Likert scales in a paper-and-pencil procedure, we obtained ratings for all variables from 3717 Chinese undergraduates. The ANCW norms possessed good response reliability and were compatible with prior normative studies in Chinese. The pairwise correlation analysis revealed quadratic relations between valence and arousal, arousal and dominance, as well as valence and concreteness. Additionally, valence and dominance, as well as arousal and concreteness, presented a linear correlation, and concreteness and dominance were correlated. The ANCW provides reliable and standardized stimulus materials for further research involving emotional language processing.
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ISSN:1554-3528
1554-3528
DOI:10.3758/s13428-023-02226-x